Error vs. Mistake

Errornoun

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

Errornoun

(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

Errornoun

Sin; transgression.

Errornoun

A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

Errornoun

The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

Errornoun

A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

Errornoun

One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

Errornoun

Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

Errorverb

(computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

Errorverb

(telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.

Errorverb

(nonstandard) To err.

Errornoun

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

Errornoun

A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

Errornoun

A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

Errornoun

A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.

Errornoun

The difference between the approximate result and the true result; - used particularly in the rule of double position.

Errornoun

The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.

Errornoun

A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

Errornoun

A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.

Errornoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

Errornoun

inadvertent incorrectness

Errornoun

a misconception resulting from incorrect information

Errornoun

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

Errornoun

departure from what is ethically acceptable

Errornoun

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Errornoun

part of a statement that is not correct;

Errornoun

a mistake

Errornoun

the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgement

Errornoun

a measure of the estimated difference between the observed or calculated value of a quantity and its true value.

Errornoun

a mistake in matter of law appearing in the proceedings of a court of record

Error

An error (from the Latin error, meaning ) is an action which is inaccurate or incorrect. In some usages, an error is synonymous with a mistake.

Mistakenoun

An error; a blunder.

Mistakenoun

(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Mistakeverb

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

Mistakeverb

To misunderstand (someone).

Mistakeverb

To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

Mistakeverb

To take or choose wrongly.

Mistakeverb

To take or choose wrongly.

Mistakeverb

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

Mistakeverb

To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

Mistakeverb

To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistakeverb

To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Mistakenoun

An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Mistakenoun

Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Mistakenoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

Mistakenoun

an understanding of something that is not correct;

Mistakenoun

part of a statement that is not correct;

Mistakeverb

identify incorrectly;

Mistakeverb

to make a mistake or be incorrect

Mistakenoun

an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong

Mistakenoun

something, especially a word, figure, or fact, which is not correct; an inaccuracy

Mistakeverb

be wrong about

Mistakeverb

wrongly identify someone or something as